GHC tells me to use RankNTypes when it's already enabled
I was stumped for a while today because GHC kept telling me to turn on RankNTypes even when it was already enabled! I eventually realized this was the problem:
{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes #-}
module Bug where
foo :: foral a. a -> a
foo x = x
$ ghc Bug.hs
[1 of 1] Compiling Bug ( Bug.hs, Bug.o )
Bug.hs:4:15: error:
Illegal symbol '.' in type
Perhaps you intended to use RankNTypes or a similar language
extension to enable explicit-forall syntax: forall <tvs>. <type>
That is, the real culprit was misspelling forall as foral.
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| Version | 8.0.1 |
| Type | Bug |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Compiler (Type checker) |
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